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 Talk about what you are doing.

 to recognize the seasons of the year. GUIDE NUMBER 6
SEASON OF THE YEAR

A. Read the two texts carefully. Then answer the questions:

ISABEL MARK
“On Saturday morning I usually “Christmas day we usually go to
get up and to the housework. my parents house. We open our
Then I meet some friends in town present, then have a big lunch at
for lunch, and go shopping in the about 2.00 in the afternoon.”
afternoon”
But this Christmas is different!
But this Saturday is different! This Mark and his wife are in
morning Isabel get up early Australia. They are visiting
because today she’s getting friends. This morning they went
married. She’s in church with her to church, ad now they are
family and friends. She’s wearing having a barbecue next to the
a white dress and her husband is swimming pool. It’s hot and
standing next to her. they’re wearing swimsuits.

1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings? She usually gets up and do the housework.
_____________________________________
2. What is she doing this Saturday? She _____________________________________
is getting married, and for that reason she's wearing a with dress.
3. What does Mark usually do on Christmas day? In Christmas day, Mark usually goes to his parents house.
_____________________________________
4. What is he doing this Christmas? This Christmas is different just because he and his wife are in Australia.
_____________________________________

5. Underline the verbs in the two text, compare between the verbs that describe habits (usually) and the
verbs that describe actions at the time of speaking (this Saturday/ Christmas…/ Now …)
Then complete the rules:
6. present simple
When we describe habits, we put the verb in the ____________________tense.
7. present progressive
When we describe actions at the time of speaking, we put the verb in the____________________tense.

.GRAMMAR
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
SPELLING GUIDE FOR
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
FORMING GERUND
I am walking I am not walking
Am I walking? go – going
I’m walking I’m not walking
You are walking You are not walking do doing
Are you walking? live – living
You’re walking You aren’t walking
He is walking He is not walking have- having
Is he walking?
He’s walking He isn’t walking sleep – sleeping
She is walking She is not walking heat- heating
Is she walking?
She’s walking She isn’t walking
stop – stopping
It is walking It is not walking
It’s walking It isn’t walking
Is it walking? run – running
We are walking We are not walking lend – lending
Are we walking? cry – crying
We’re walking We aren’t walking
You are walking You are not walking play – playing
Are you walking?
You’re walking You aren’t walking lie – lying
They are walking They are not walking die - dying
Are they walking?
They’re walking They aren’t walking
 We use the present progressive tense:
1. When somebody is doing something at this moment.
• Sarah is changing her clothes right now.
• Her boyfriend is waiting for her.
• We are learning the progressive tense in English.

2. When something is happening at this moment. When the action has started but hasn't finished.
• It is snowing at the moment.
• The economy is growing at an exponential rate.
• The children are sleeping, so please be quiet.

3. To talk about something that is happening around the time of speaking but not necessarily at that
exact moment.
 Alfredo is studying a lot for his exam.
 I'm reading a great book. (not necessary right at this moment)
 We are planning a trip to Jamaica.

A significant difference between these two tenses is we use the simple present tense for things that are
permanent or are in general and the present progressive tense for things that may change or are temporary.
Compare:

Negative (-) Interrogative (?)

Affirmative (+)
he isn´t living on a farm. Is Hank living on a farm
Hank is living on a farm now.
now?

PERMANENT TEMPORARY
Simon lives in Birmingham. Simon is living with his friends for now.
James smokes. James is smoking in the kitchen.
We walk to work. We're walking in the park.
I speak English. I am speaking English right now.
Verbs that we don't use in the Progressive Tense
Another difference is that there are some verbs in English that we don't use in the progressive tense. These
include:
Exception:
Perceptions verbs
Mental states Opinions Emotions
or senses
To forget to believe To hate To feel
To imagine To suppose To like To hear
To remember To doubt To love To see
To understand To assume To hope To smell

B. Make affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions:

My mother's reading the newspaper in the living room
1. ________________________________________________. (+)
You are not working very hard
2. ________________________________________________. (-)
Are we playing in the park?
3. ________________________________________________. (?)
She is doing housework with her husband
4. ________________________________________________. (+)
The plane is not leaving the airport
5. ________________________________________________. (-)
Are they selling books?
6. ________________________________________________. (?)
 LISTENING

Listen and complete the text with the words in the box.

push their way Not sure how City people food you get them and then
come and go then grow tall don’t care about come in season place every four

not sure how

I’m 1. _________________ many people ever stop to think how wonderful four seasons are. I think people
don't care about City people
who live in cities 2. _______________ the seasons. 3. ____________________ spend half their lives indoors
come and go
or underground. I live in the country and I love watching the seasons 4. ____________________ .

Every day is different in the countryside. I love watching the crops grow in the fields. I watch them
then grow tall
5. ______________ push their way
up from the ground in the spring and 6. ________________ in the summer sun. Just
them and then
before autumn arrives, the farmer harvests 7. ________________ winter comes. Seasons means it’s like
place every four
living in a new 8. _______________ Type textthing
months. Everything changes. One wonderful here about seasons is the
food you get
seasonal 9. ________________ . There’s always something tasty that’s just
come in season
10. _______________ .

SEASONS
VOCABULARY

Match with different color the picture with the written form:

Spring Autumn Winter Summer

WINTER SPRING AUTUMN SUMMER

Answer
1. Which one is your favorite season?
My favorite season is spring
______________________________________.

2. What is the principal season in Neiva?

The principal season in Neiva is summer
______________________________________.

GRAMMAR ORDINAL NUMBERS

twelfth 5th second eighth 62th

A. Write the numbers: 9th third 13th First twenty first
Example:
a. 1st First
________________ f. 21st Twentieth - first
________________
b. 2nd Second
________________ g. Fifth 5th
________________
c. 3nd 3rd
________________ h. Sixty second 62th
________________
d. 8th Eighth
________________ i. Ninth 9th
________________
e. 12th Twelveth
________________ j. Thirteenth 13th
________________